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Vcrncouver Plywood ComPony Outlines Nqtionol Plsns

National sales plans were outlined by Vancouver Plywood Company, sales agents for a number of mills in the Pacific Northwest, at a sales conference with mill owners and managers held in Vancouver, Wash., April 29. About 50 in attendance heard speakers discuss the growing national plywood market, the sales and price outlook, production, shipping and promotion.

Chairman of the meeting was David F. Difford, general sales manager for Vanply. Principal speaker was Arthur H. Jones, DFPA representative. Others on the _program were Donald I. Plummer, general manager, and Wesley M. Kilworth, credit manager. Vanply's four regional sales managers-Tom D. Seathoff, Don Almy, David B' Evans and Van Purdy-discussed market conditions and sales potentials intieir respective areas. Dinner speaker was R. E. "Bob" Smith.

Richard K. Stanton, partner in Morton and Stanton Advertising Agency, showed promotion materials and outlined Vanplyts national advertising and merchandising plans for 1960.

Vanply is now the fifth largest plywoo{ sale-s organization, measured by sales volume, in the United States. Mills represented at the meeting were Fort Vancouver Plywood io., Vancouver; North Pacific Plywood Co', Tilla-

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COMPIETE illU,lNG ond KITN.DRYING TACITITIES with 2 Spur lracks Avoilcble mook Veneer Co., Southern Oregon Plywood Co., Three Sisters Plywood Co., Hub City Plywood, Port Plywood and White City Plywood Co.

Reoresentatives of two mills now under cor.rstruction-' Van-bvans at Missoula, Mont., and Rogue River Plywood at Grants Pass, Ore.-were also in attendance' Vanply will serve as sales agents for both mills'

Industry to Relief of Ghileon Disoster Areq

A half-mllllon sqnare feet of Upson Wallboard has been a,llocated by Presldent James J. Upson of Tho Upson Co., Lockport, N. Y. at the request of the Amerlcan Natlonal Red Cross as an emergency rellef disaster me&sure towards etding the homeless vlctlms of the earthquahe ln Chlle. Two hundred bundles of 4x8 Upson r/4" Pane'ls left the pla,nt ilune 15 for the Dover Alr Force Base, Dover, Del., by tmck where they were reloaded on a C-126 cargo plane asslgned by the U.S. Army to transport the wallboard to Santiago. The ba,lance of the order, consisting of 1,753 bundles packaged elght panels per bundle, will be shtppetl by stea,mer from the Port of New York. Simllar shipments of Upson r/4,, Pa,nela were made to.Ko:rea several years ag:o to provlde housing for the victlms of warfare there. Harold M. xtnsly, export sales manager of The Upson Co., handled negotlatlons wlth Washington Red Croes ofrcials in maklng the 15,625 panels available from domestic stockplles. The Mushroori Transportatlon Co. cooperated ln provitling a truck from its Buffalo terrninal to move the wallboard to Dover AFB. Weshington ARC oftclals directetl that each bundle bo stenclled "From the Amerlcan Red Cross, USA, to the Ctrllean Bed Cross Society, Avenida, Santa Marla,. Num. 0160, Sanflago, Chlle."

FIve thousand pounds of roll roofing were flown from New York to Santiago, Chlle, last month, thanks to the joint efforts of the American Red Cross antl a buikllng materials plant ln northern New Jersey. The rooffng, used for temporary houslng, wlll help provide shelter lor many of the thousands of Chllea,ns left homeless following the recent earthqu.akes whlch devasta,ted meny sections of this South America,n country.

In efrorts to meet the gra,ve dlsaster, the American Rcd Cross in Washington, D.C., requestcd tho material from The Flintkote Company on a Saturday, at noon. Fllntkote contacted one of its plants fur East Rutherford, N. J., where the materlal ls rnede. Normally closed on the weokend, the pland was opened so that the rooffng could be packed anil loaded lnto a truck for transportation to Idlewlld Airport Saturday afternoon. Next morning tt left by jet plane for Santlago. Another 1,100 rolls of the materlal were on thelr way to Chile the followlng day, accordlng to Fllntkote ofrcials.

Eorl Bleile leqving Roseburg to Srorr Sscrqmento Wholesole Firm

Earl Bleile, general sales manager for Roseburg Lumber Co. for nearly 14 years, has announced his resigrration. Mr. Bleile, nationally known and respected in the lumber industry, states that he is opening a wholesale lumber business in Sacramento, California.

Bleile said that his "only regret in leaving will be the separation from the many fine associates and friends made while at Roseburg Lumber Co." Bleile had also held a similar salesmanager position previously with the Dollar Lumber Co, mill at Glendale, Oregon.

Mr. and Mrs. Bleile have two sons also in the lumber business, Earl K., living in Sacramento, California; Harry Bleile, with Anowhead Lumber Co..

San Bernardino, and a third son, George, attending Northwestern university at Evanston, Illinois, where he is working for his doctor's degree.

Sqn lorenzo Lumber Moves to Soquel

Bob Butcher, general manager of San Lorenzo Lumber Company, has just bedded-down his yard at a new location on the Santa Cruz-Watsonville highway in Soquel. Official moving date for the yard, formerly located at 126l Soquel Avenue in Santa Cruz, was June 30.

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Gifts Spork "Sqlurdqy Merchondising" At Frqnk Gurron Lumber ComponyYord

Grand opening of the Frank Curran Lumber Company's new Saturday merchandising program was scheduled for June 11, with prizes to be given away throughout the day. Now open every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., the big Curran yard at Lake and Acacia avenues in Huntington Beach issued an invitation to the general public to drop in fcir the fun.

Manager Rex Brewer arranged to give away several hundred dollars worth of products. To qualify, the customer merely had to drop around and sign his name and address.

Some of the prizes to be awarded were three sheets of pre-finished oak panel and a quart of contact cement, $48 value; 100 square feet of J-M terraflex vinyl asbestos floor tile and two quarts of adhesives, $30 value, and 100 square feet of Armstrong ceiling tile of your choice, $45 value.

Two sets of bathroom fixtures by Miami Carey, each r-alued at $8.40; five gallons of Pittsburgh titanic outside white house paint, $30 value, and 4x6-foot Cinderella $60 playhouse were other awards. Also six by eight-foot $72.50 Little Brave fort, $49 five-foot kiddie sail boat kit, various hand tools and household items.

Besides the gift items enumerated above, customers noticed an excellent assortment of bargains in garden tools, redwood fencing, doors, paneling, paints and stains in the yard's store.

Further Exponsion Holted in Del Mor Unril Adequcte Wqler Supply Sure

Lack of adequate w'ater is putting the brakes on expansion of Del Mar, the newest incorporated community in San Diego county, and Mayor Tom Douglas announced that issriance of new building permits would be suspended until settlement of Del Mar's water problems. The state Public Utilities Commission has prohibited connection of more water meters for an indefinite period, he said.

The city of San Diego is at present Del Mar's only supply source. and the PUC ban on new construction is traceable to the fact that this community sometimes needs more than San Diego can spare. Meanwhile, the state agency has ordered Del Mar Utilities, the private water here, to seek new sources. firm which distributes into possible ground to Ralph Dixon, man-

Engineering studies will be made sources in nearby basins, according ager of Del Mar Utilities.

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George Henry Johnson

George Henry Johnson, 79, died June 21 in Redlands, California, where he went in 1925 and, with a partner, started the BowmanJohnson Lumber Co. That yard was sold to the DilI Lumber Company in 1930 and, in 1932, Mr. Johnson started the Johnson Lumber Company in Redlands, operating it under his name until his retirement in July 1946, when it was sold to the present owner, Carrol M, Crane. Mr. Johnson was born in New York state, June 22, t88L, and would have been 79 thg day after his death. He had spent his entire career in the lumber business, starting at the age of 17. Although he had been retired for 15 years, Mr. Johnson still counted many of today's active lumbermen in his circle of friends, according to Carrol Crane.

George E. Merrill

George Eldmund Merrill, 78, pioneer in the development of the Interrnountain west's lumber industry, died June 4 in a Salt Lake City hospital of natural causes. Mr. Merrill pioneered lumber mill and distribution outlets in Utah, fdaho and Wyoming, and developed the chain that now includes the Morrison-Merrill Lumber Co. and the Tri-State Lumber Co. units of the Boise Cascade Lumber Co. The Morrison-Merrill Lumber Co. was founded by the Morrison family and the late Mr. Merrill's father in 1895.

After graduating from Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass, in 1900, George E. Merrill became a part of the Morrison-Merrill organization. In due time he aequired full interest in the firm and set out to organize a network of subsidiary firrns including the Gem State Lumber Co., fdaho; the Overla.nd Lumber Co., Wyo- ming, and the Bonneville Lumber Co., Utah. These were later combined into the Tri-State Lumber Co. Also part of the organiza- tion under his leadership were the Sugar House Lumber & Hardware Co., and the Badger Lumber Co. in Ogden, Utah. During World War f, Mr. Merrill was op.rating 100 lumberyards and their growth and development paralleled the economic development of the'Intermountain region. At the time Mr. Merrill gave up his interests in the industry in December 1947, the Tri-State Lumber Co. alone had 37 outlets in three states. His lumber and timber interests also extended into the Pacific Northwest.

George Merrill was born in Denver, Colo., October 22, 1881, and reared in Cheyenne, where he met and married Lillian Garland